SpaceShipTwo Begins Flight Tests

Scaled Composites has begun captive-carry flight testing of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) beneath the wing of the White Knight Two (WK2) launch aircraft with a flight out of Mojave, Calif., on March 22. The six-passenger, two-crew space vehicle was attached to the center of the 140-foot span...

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